Un-believable

I think this man's legs don't work. So his body compensates for it.

The Fragmented Orchestra

Website:
The Fragmented Orchestra

more to come....too late at night...

Wanderlust

Wanderlust from yoichi on Vimeo.

Completely missed the train on this one. APPARENTLY Björk debuted this video this past April and neglected to inform me about it. Well if I was not such a scatter-brain I prolly would of seen it by now. And get this: She did it up old school by making it 3-D. Can you Believe that?! I haven't seen that version yet, though I have not looked, nor do I keep a pair of 3-D glasses handy to enjoy it, sadly enough. This is the 2-D version, however. Did I mention it was made in Clay-mation? I really am feeling the verses...


Wanderlust Lyrics-

I am leaving this harbour
giving urban a farewell
its habitants seem too keen on God
I cannot stomach their rights and wrong

I have lost my origin
and I don't want to find it again
rather sailing into nature's laws
and be held by ocean's paws

wanderlust!
relentlessly craving wanderlust
peel off the layers
until you get to the core

did I imagine it would be like this
was it something like this I wished for
or will I want more?

lust for comfort
suffocates the soul
this relentless
restlessness
liberates me
sets me free

I feel at home whenever
the unknown surrounds me
I receive its embrace
aboard my floating house

wanderlust!
relentlessly craving wanderlust
peel off the layers
until you get to the core

did I imagine it would be like this
was it something like this I wished for
or will I want more?

wanderlust!
from island to island
wanderlust!
united in movement
wonderful!
I enjoy it with you

wanderlust!
wanderlust!
can you spot a pattern?

relentlessly restless
restless relentlessly
restless relentlessly

can you spot a pattern?

Björk states:
"I have periods when I’m hungry for something new. I’m quite hungry right now. And then I have periods when I’m more domestic. I kind of make fun of my hunger on the new album in a track called "Wanderlust." It’s about the state of looking for something and almost knowing you’re never going to find it."

One of the BEST Live Performences In History

Make a POINT To see: Stop Making Sense
It is from a 1984 performance by The Talking Heads
Although it seems like it could have been made yesterday. They are so free and uninhibited. They really are standing up for the little guys in life who do not follow the orthodox, conventional way of expressing themselves that is considered "acceptable." At least in my opinion. When we have a modern day equivalent?!? maybe I am just looking at the glass half-empty, there are some out there...

Vive El Loco!!!



This is David Byrne's (Lead singer of The Talking Heads) BRILLIANT interview explaining the purpose of Stop Making Sense and "The Big Suit". But dont get it twisted, it is an interview of David Byrne BY David Byrne, look closely:




"I'll tell you L8r."

Chase Jarvis

Minitel Rose

"MAGIC POWDER" MINITEL ROSE by Syrine Boulanouar & Pierre Edouard Joubert

Straight outta the CataCompton of France:
Sort of Daft Punk mixed with a mushroom trip, while watching Blade Runner....in Japan. Too much? maybe...

Minitel Rose's Myspace

Troops Abroad

I stumbled across this surfing the Internet. I do not know too much about the photographer, but from what I gather he (or she) is a soldier in the Australian Army doing a tour in Afghanistan. These photo's follow the lives of solder's all over the world. These ones are from Afghanistan though (I apologize for the small size) Hopefully this guy (or Gal) will get a book deal or something because these images are phenomenal. Check out there account on Picasa. User name: kaymemes

"Once in a while there is a man who won't do what is demanded of him, and do you know what happens? The whole machine devotes itself coldly to the destruction of his difference. They'll beat your spirit and your nerves, your body and your mind, with iron rods until the dangerous difference goes out of you. And if you can't finally give in, they'll vomit you up and leave you stinking outside- neither part of themselves nor yet free. It's better to fall in with them. They only do it to protect themselves. A thing so triumphantly illogical, so beautifully senseless as an army can't allow a question to weaken it. Within itself, if you do not hold it up to other things for comparison and derision, you'll find slowly, surely, a reason and a logic and a dreadful kind of beauty. A man who can accept it is not a worse man always, and sometimes a better man. Pay good heed to me for I have thought long about it. Some men there are who go down in the dismal wrack of soldiering, surrender themselves, and become faceless. But these had not much face to start with. And maybe you're like that. But there are others who go down, submerge in the common slough, and then rise more themselves than they were, because- because they have lost a littleness of vanity and have gained all the gold of the company and regiment. If you go down so low, you will be able to rise higher than you can ever conceive, and you will know a holy joy, a companionship almost like the heavenly company of angels. Then you will know the quality of men even if they are inarticulate. But until you have gone way down you can never know this."

-Coincidentally a quote from John Steinbeck's East of Eden (previous post)

This is why I respect soldier's and what they do. Not to mention the fact that they do put their life on the line for you, whether people accept that or not. I know the debate. Spare me. I can see both sides of the argument. If anyone knows any information about this unit, and/or photographer(s) please inform me. I would love to give credit to a great thing where credit is due.

East of Eden

I am currently reading East of Eden by John Steinbeck this summer, slowly but surely. I am not through with it yet, so this will be an ongoing, open-ended blog until I am finished with the book. I will make this post center around the parts of the book that I deem most valuable with quotes from the text. It is a fascinating tale, rich with character analysis. I have always been drawn to the study of people, their motives, what drives them; this book is suited to just this.

"Some people think it's an insult to the glory of thier sickness to get well. But the time poultice is no respector of glories. Everyone gets well if he waits around."

In Remembrance

Photo courtesy of cemalbayram bayram

For some reason that I do not understand, a lot of my loved ones leave this eartlhy realm around this time of year. Here's to you, may we someday meet again. Shine down on us like a mother would shine unto her newborn, and give us your grace.


In Flanders Fields
by Major John McCrae
Canadian Officer

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below

We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Domingo- From the start

Discover Domingo!

Russel Maurice

Works On Paper

Bishop Lamont- The Confesional

What People Do
Send a Nigga Home
Gorilla Pimpin 5008

What Happened to Natural Selction?

I am not too sure about the developments coming out of the "Human/Mosquito War."
Some of these advancements seem promising, while other components seem to me as ....concerning. (Insert Marge's nervous grumble here)Very interesting article though, and I am sure I will come back to write more about my views when I have the time.

Could not make a link for some reason, cut and paste:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080628/sc_livescience/mosquitowarsscientiststakeaswat

Who Makes These Quasimodos'?!

I want to buy one and place it in a gopher's hole and see how people react (or Flip there shit) to it as I watch from a-far.

Thunderheist

Jerk It

thunderheist - jerk it from thatgo on Vimeo.

Jerry Uelsmann

These Folks are Blue

This is my list for some Folk and Blues music that I have been digging lately:

Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová- Falling Slowly


Duffy- Mercy

I kinda predict that she is going to be the next Amy Winehouse, that is, when her voice shrivels from emphizema

Brendan James- Hero's Song

Sure it's a little mushy, but I love it. He is really talented.

McCain and Obama: My Stance

Today Barack Obama's political team is under fire for the statement made by former General and Obama supporter Wesley Clark about presidential candidate John McCain. Clark's statement is thought to have devalued McCain's service in the Vietnam War when he spent five years as a Prisoner Of War there. Clark, who is an Obama supporter and fellow Democrat, stated : "Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president."

In a stroke of genius Obama made a speech today in his "4th of July Tour" defending McCain's service, and emphasizing the importance of not devaluing it. Obama stated:

(Patriotism) "must, if it is to mean anything, involve the willingness to sacrifice," he said. "For those like John McCain who have endured physical torment in service to our country — no further proof of such sacrifice is necessary.
Let me also add that no one should ever devalue that service, especially for the sake of a political campaign, and that goes for supporters on both sides."

There is a theory out there that Obama's political team is responsible for appointing important political figures to "plant" certain messages to the public. So Wesley Clark's statement is possibly a ploy by Barack Obama himself to gain advantage over the American public; then also by defending McCain's service he eliminates any fault for this statement. Who Knows? But am I the only one who kind of DOES think that McCain is not capable of becoming a strong President?? His campaign focuses on "lowering gas prices." About Clark condemning him, he states that "It doesn't reduce the price of gas by one penny." HELLO??! Gas is a way of the PASTTT!! We should be converting to alternative sources of energy in this day in age. I live in the beautiful sunshine state of Florida, and do you know how upset it makes me that I rarely see any Photovoltaic cells anywhere? That is, the Sunshine State hardly utilizes it's enormous potential of solar powering because of the large expense it would be to convert homes. McCain also stated recently that Obama and his supporter's statements do not "do anything to address the challenges Americans have in keeping their jobs, homes and supporting their families." You know what John McCain? I just gave you one excellent enterprise to facilitate a potential of thousands of new jobs. Converting America's OUTDATED energy sources. But that is what you get with people who are afraid of change and that have one foot firmly dug in the past, while the other barely steps into the present.

And is not appropriate to question the ideal's of McCain? A man that could potentially be running our lives? McCain has repeatedly supported the War in Iraq and assures that he will not be rushing to pull out. How many more years McCain? I love the troops and support what they do, and I know a lot of them that are conflicted in fighting a war that they do not believe in. How can we dissect the military mindset of John McCain? Well...If I were tortured in a P.O.W. camp for five years, I would be pretty bitter. I almost would want revenge. But since that is not possible seeing how we are not at war with Vietnam, who else can we assert our American superiority over to prove that we run the world and that no one will ever tell Americans what to do? ...But I ask you, Where is the Diplomacy in that. You win more flies with honey than you do vinegar, John McCain.

Obama is often criticized for his lack of Patriotism. From his "Fist Bump" with wife Michelle, to his lack of an American pin on his suit lapel. Obama stated that his patriotism is in his heart and does not need to be displayed. He also said that he had stopped wearing the pin after the 2001 terrorist attacks because he felt it had replaced "true patriotism" for some public officials. I think that it takes some real balls and a lot of conviction to stand up for something that you believe and that might not be readily accepted by the staunch, ultra-conservative majority of our country, like he did. But is that not what we need? Someone who will persevere in the face of injustice and non-acceptance?

I do not doubt that John McCain loves America, in fact, I am almost positive he does. I just do not think that choosing him as the next president of the United States of America would be the wisest choice. I am not entirely sure about Barack Obama either, but I do think that he is a step in the right direction. Maybe then, as a country, undivided, we can undo the injustices of the past to make a better future.

Go Vote!!


for the record: I am a Polical moderate or "Independent"

Femme Touareg

By: Pascal Maître

The Virgins

One week of Danger:

The Feeling Good Handbook

Read the cover. Do you have anxiety? How about depression? Overcome it and enjoy greater intimacy, hahaha. No, for real though. This man works wonders. It's a great book whether you have these issue or not. You can hone in on your cognitive thoughts. It really helps you understand the physcology of your mind. It is written by David D. Burns, who happens to teach at Harvard.

Jasper Park

By: Lawren S. Harris

The Glove

The glove from Bewegtbildarbeiter on Vimeo.

I can really associate with the message in this piece. Youth, Selfishness, Mind Games. Ay Carumba! This short movie is based on the story "the glove" from Friedrich Schiller and was directed by Henning Backhaus, who also made the nice piano music.

Paint Horse

Project Pedal

This is the first episode in the Documentry feature Project Pedal. This is a great, inventive chronicle of stories that I have had the pleasure of running into. Mike Ambs is the creator, and this is the mission statement as seen on the website ProjectPedal.com:

This documentary - tentatively titled 'Pedal', will bookend with the Pacific and Atlantic oceans... anchored to a small group's cross country trip and focusing on the inspiring people that cross their path.

Each week a vlog will be posted that will share stories from these people met along the way - as well as the main cast and the occasional behind-the-scenes footage. In the end, the bi-product of these vlogs will be used for a feature length documentary.

The end-goal of this project, both in it's vlog and documentary form, is to share people's reasons and motivations behind their trip. Most importantly to share what makes or drives a person to leave everything behind and to understand what they each take away from this overwhelming and painful journey.

I think I like this one the best, all though I prefer and suggest you watch them in order:

Episode Seven: 64 Days - Part 2 from mike ambs on Vimeo.

Building Bridges

The New York Philharmonic was recently invited to play for the country of North Korea in February 2008. This is a monumental event considering the fact that North Korea and the U.S are still at war; The end of the Korean War was brought about by an Armistice, not a peace treaty. The Orchestra opened with the Star Spangled Banner, and played songs that covered some of the great Western composers including:

George Geshwin- An American in Paris

Antonin Dvorak -"New World" Symphony No. 9

The crowd was appreciative but largely unmoved in my opinion, that is, until the last song was played. The final encore was the Korean folk song Arirang, and it sent a swell of emotion through the previoiusly stale North Korean audience. I think this is very appropriate seeing how the song Arirang is about two people, a man and a woman, who are separated. It is a love song of a dancing girl from Miryang who was left behind by her lover from Seoul. She is calling him to take her with him to Hanyang. Could there be a correlation between the song and the U.S./ North Korea relationship?? Who knows? But I do think that it is a testament that the first olive branch sent in a long time was through song. The arts can be a powerful thing.

Here is a video of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra playing the Korean folk song Arirang:

Grazzi Leonardo!!

These images might help explain the the name I have chosen for my blog:








These images are based on Leonardo DaVinci's theory that everything esthetically pleasing follows a certain mathematical formula. When viewed, the human brain registers anything that follows the guidelines of this mathematical formula (Golden Triangle, Golden Ratio) as beautiful.


Pictures courtesy of MathemiticiansPictures.com

Here's To My Maiden Voyage

My hopes in starting a blog are to be more aware of the world's great achievements and the people who are responsible for them, as well as, obtaining a better understanding of what this small, azure, rock in the Milky Way galaxy has to offer. Salut!!